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Loons

As some of you know, we live on 3 Mile Pond and one of our favorite things is enjoying the abundance of wildlife that we see almost everyday. We have 3 pairs of eagles on the lake and probably a dozen or more of loon families. The baby loons are now about 8 inches long and not riding on mom's back.

Well, this weekend and again today I watched the huge male eagle try to grab one of the baby loons! The mom did a great job of protecting her baby and I banged a stick on my dock that scared the eagle, somewhat, but an hour later he was back again. As near as I could see he didn't have loon for dinner but he sure wanted it!

So, I told Di that I shouldn't interfere with "nature's way" and she suggested I use one of my many shotguns to "frighten" the eagle." That won't happen because eagle's are chewey, like owl and I know I'd go to jail if I happened to hit the eagle.

So what would you all do? And for those who care, my computer crashed, we're leaving for vacation tomorrow, so any emails to dubord@fairpoint.net will never get there.

So what would you all do? And for those who care, my computer crashed, we're leaving for vacation tomorrow, so any emails to dubord@fairpoint.net will never get there.

Sheesh! You're going on vacation WITHOUT a computer? RULost2? are planning our vacation, and we'll have 2 laptops and a net book with us! LOL! (No chance that we'll miss what's going on at GeocachingMaine.org!)

As some of you know, we live on 3 Mile Pond and one of our favorite things is enjoying the abundance of wildlife that we see almost everyday. We have 3 pairs of eagles on the lake and probably a dozen or more of loon families. The baby loons are now about 8 inches long and not riding on mom's back.

Well, this weekend and again today I watched the huge male eagle try to grab one of the baby loons! The mom did a great job of protecting her baby and I banged a stick on my dock that scared the eagle, somewhat, but an hour later he was back again. As near as I could see he didn't have loon for dinner but he sure wanted it!

So, I told Di that I shouldn't interfere with "nature's way" and she suggested I use one of my many shotguns to "frighten" the eagle." That won't happen because eagle's are chewey, like owl and I know I'd go to jail if I happened to hit the eagle.

So what would you all do? And for those who care, my computer crashed, we're leaving for vacation tomorrow, so any emails to dubord@fairpoint.net will never get there.

Week or two ago, I had the privilege of watching an eagle hunting while kayaking for about a half hour. Absolutely was captivating for me. Last year while camping on the east side of Azicohos Lake, I had the privilege of kayaking just after daybreak and having a young loon follow alongside the kayak. Again, absolutely captivating. I'd say, let's nature take it's course.

Everyone has the right to be an idiot at times. Just don't abuse the privilege.